Quotes about Melody

Music is the melody whose text is the world. Votes: 4

Melody is a form of remembrance. It must have a quality of inevitability in our ears. Votes: 4

Doing the instrumental thing, you're really looking for the power of the melody to carry the record. Votes: 4

In 1973 we moved to the British Isle of Man, and I put my first band together for one year, named Melody Fair. Votes: 4

The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for starting, any more than it has any reason for ending. Votes: 4

Melody is disarming. It's anarchic! Votes: 3

Melody is the essence of music. Votes: 3

If Words are the Lyrics, and Laughter the Melody, then a Relationship becomes a Symphony. Votes: 3

we're all freaks sometimes, Melody," he replied. "You're just... well, better at it than most. Votes: 3

Melody is the essence of music. I compare a good melodist to a fine racer, and counterpoints to hack post-horses. Votes: 3

What? You don't think he's cute?" "I didn't really notice." "How can you not notice when a guy is cute?" Melody stared at her in disbelief. Votes: 3

All my songs are based on melody, which is retrieved from my Jewish heritage. Melody will always exist no matter what the rhythmic changes there are. Votes: 3

I have a 'Play The Melody' philosophy. It means don't over arrange, don't make life difficult. Just play the melody-and do it the simplest way possible. Votes: 3

The Song of Love, the Song of Hate, the Songs of Praise and of Thanksgiving; I've learned them all, but there remains one called the Melody of Living. Votes: 3

Melody has a certain way that it projects back to you. It triggers certain nerves in your body and certain instincts that normally wouldn't be triggered by a normal voice. Votes: 3

Melody always comes to me first before words - cadence and melody. When you're humming the melody and it's incredible and words start coming out it can build into something special. Votes: 3

Something about Bekka and Haylee reminded her of Candace's line between ingenious and insane. Ingenuity inspired their dreams, and insanity gave them the courage to pursue them. It was something Melody wanted for herself. Votes: 3

Melody is the first thing that comes to me when I'm songwriting. I learned piano classically first, and then I went into soul, and so melody has always been the first. It's so important. Votes: 3

Often when I find myself listening to music, at least 60 to 70% of it is foreign, so I don't understand a word of it. Melody to me will always be a million times more important than words. Votes: 3

Melody is king, and don't you ever forget it. Lyrics appear to be out front, but they're not; they're just an accompanying factor. If they're good, you're really in good shape. Lyrics are written to be rewritten. Votes: 3

Country is bringing in a little rock element... a little '80s element. Melody is king now. But its just in the music, its not so much in the songwriting, which is still very basic to the storytelling aspect of it. Votes: 3

Melody is the essence of music. I compare a good melodist to a fine racer, and counterpointists to hack post-horses; therefore be advised, let well alone and remember the old Italian proverb: Chi sa più, meno sa— Who knows most, knows least. Votes: 3

Melody is the single most important thing to any song, period. I don't care what anybody says, it trumps everything. Not because that's my opinion but because I think it's actually indisputable fact. The human brain retains melody easier than it retains words. It's that simple. Votes: 3

A French friend brought over a load of Gainsbourg vinyl and I worked my way through it: by the time I got to L'Histoire De Melody Nelson (1969) I was thinking, 'How can this man have died before I got to know his music?' I was a convert. Votes: 3

In noise can be read the codes of life, the relations among men. Clamour, Melody, Dissonance, Harmony; when it is fashioned by man with specific tools, when it invades man's time, when it becomes sound, noise is the source of the purpose and power, of the dream "“ Music. Votes: 3

Melody and harmony are like lines and colors in pictures. A simple linear picture may be completely beautiful; the introduction of color may make it vague and insignificant. Yet color may, by combination with lines, create great pictures, so long as it does not smother and destroy their value. Votes: 3

Gratitude isn't a tool to manipulate the universe or God. It's a way to acknowledge our faith that everything happens for a reason even if we don't know what that reason is. ~Melody Beattie, 52 Weeks of Conscious Contact, pg. 34. Votes: 3

Gratitude isn't a tool to manipulate the universe or God. It's a way to acknowledge our faith that everything happens for a reason even if we don't know what that reason is. ~Melody Beattie, 52 Weeks of Conscious Contact, pg. 34." Votes: 3

I really believe in melody. Votes: 2

I really love writing themes and melody. Votes: 2

With a good melody... music gets me through everything. Votes: 2

A melody is not merely something you can hum. Votes: 2

I liked the Beatles because there was so much melody. Votes: 2

Never be ashamed to write a melody that people remember. Votes: 2

Great melody over great riffs is, to me, the secret of it all. Votes: 2

Because if you've got the wit, you can make anything into a melody, ultimately. Votes: 2

There is a lot of melody and things that sound familiar in hundreds of songs. Votes: 2

I would say that I'm more moved by melody, even though I love to rap. Votes: 2

They were singing in French, but the melody was freedom and any American could understand that. Votes: 2

I try to incorporate melody. Even though I'm screaming, I still like to think I bring melody into screaming. Votes: 2

In Hungary all native music, in its origin, is divided naturally into melody destined for song or melody for the dance. Votes: 2

Its a combination of melody and lyrics, not one without the other. Its a confluence of these different elements that makes something powerful. Votes: 2

My voice is my improvisational instrument, the melody instrument. The guitar is harmonic structure. I'm not a good enough guitarist to improvise on it. Votes: 2

We cling nervously to the melody, but we don't handle it freely, we don't really make anything new out of it, we merely overload it. Votes: 2

The human brain is a funny thing: it's very susceptible to tempo and melody. You put the right words to it, and it becomes very influential. Votes: 2

I realised a long time ago that instrumental music speaks a lot more clearly than English, Spanish, Yiddish, Swahili, any other language. Pure melody goes outside time. Votes: 2

I always write lyrics first and the rhythm and the melody come from the lyrics. It always comes from the lyrics: words have rhythm and words have melody. Votes: 2

Composers in the old days used to keep strictly to the base of the theme, as their real subject. Beethoven varies the melody, harmony and rhythms so beautifully. Votes: 2

The personal vocabulary, the individual melody whose metre is one's biography, joins in that sound, with any luck, and the body moves like a walking, a waking island. Votes: 2

A lot of Woody Guthrie's songs were taken from other songs. He would rework the melody and lyrics, and all of a sudden it was a Woody Guthrie song. Votes: 2

All of our songs take these really big creative turns and twists throughout the process, so sometimes songs will start out as a melody or some musical chord progressions. Votes: 2

From a very early period of my life I have derived the highest enjoyment from listening to music, especially to melody, which is to me the most pleasing form of composition. Votes: 2

The only thing that I miss lately in all music is somebody that will put out a melody that you can whistle. It doesn't seem like there's anything happening like that. Votes: 2

I don't really have time to sit down and write. But when I think of a melody, I call up my answering machine and sing it, so I won't forget it. Votes: 2

Nobody heard records of you playing whatever the melody was on those low strings. It worked out good, you know, about 25 or 26 million records later. I guess it worked out alright. Votes: 2

Hopefully people can look at our band and see that we're a heavy rock band. We're definitely not a metal band, but we're a band that focuses on meaningful lyrics and melody. Votes: 2

But when you get to a song, not only do you have to do a vocal melody, you have to write words and not be redundant and make some semblance of a story Votes: 2

I think I need the demons in order to write, but the demons have gone. It bothers me a lot. I've tried and tried, but I just can't seem to find a melody. Votes: 2

The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in vibrations which escape our ears. As for those that we perceive, they carry sounds to us, occasionally a chord, never a melody. Votes: 2

I liken movies to playing a piano: Sometimes you're playing the chords and different notes with unresolved cadences and playing all major chords that are all over the place, and you're enjoying yourself with a great, simple melody. Votes: 2

I know a girl who cries when she practices violin because each note sounds so pure it just cuts into her, and then the melody comes pouring out her eyes. Now, to me, everything else just sounds like a lie. Votes: 2

I consider music to be storytelling, melody and rhythm. A lot of hip-hop has broken music down. There are no instruments and no songwriting. So you're left with just storytelling and rhythm. And the storytelling can be so braggadocious, you're just left with rhythm. Votes: 2

I've always been a fan of melody and emotional melancholy, whether it was Rites of Spring or Tears for Fears or Neil Young. If I hear a song that has a sweet melody, I'm a sucker for it, whether it's Linkin Park or Little Richard. Votes: 2

When I wrote a song, it would have to be from something I was really excited about, or a melody that's been haunting me for weeks, or a message I wanted to convey lyrically. So it would have to start from something I felt very strongly about. Votes: 2

Appetite for Destruction' was the only thing written with lyrics and melody fitting the guitar parts at the same time. After that, I got a barrage of guitar songs that I was supposed to put words to, and I don't know if that was the best thing for Guns. Votes: 2

Sometimes my boyfriend would write the lyrics and I would write the melody, and other times I would start from scratch. Or sometimes I would take a local poem and put that to music...I always sang standards because the songs I wrote for myself weren't as easy to sing. Votes: 2

I find I'm not one of these composers that are, you know, walking along a beach or walking on the mountainside in County Donegal that's, you know, 'Oh, a melody.' It's more a matter of eventually taking that moment with me to the studio, and it begins to evolve. Votes: 2

I can't even speak Hawaiian, but if you go there and listen to a Hawaiian song, you get captured because it's so beautiful, like the melody is just gorgeous and you know Bob Marley is on the radio every single day. It's very reggae-influenced down there. Basically, you haven't been to paradise if you haven't been to Hawaii. Votes: 2

One day, I went to buy something for my dad at the shops, and I heard a song by Nat King Cole called 'Stardust Melody.' It was like I went into a trance or something. I forgot all about my dad sending me to the shop. When I got home, I explained to him what happened. I thought I was going to get a whipping, but he understood. Votes: 2

Silence is the best melody. Votes: 0

I look at melody as rhythm. Votes: 0

Every heart has its own melody. Votes: 0

Inside the silence is a melody. Votes: 0

I really love things with melody. Votes: 0

What are words without the melody~? Votes: 0

Sometimes the word dictated the melody. Votes: 0

Text first, rhythm second, melody third. Votes: 0

Good melody is never out of fashion Votes: 0

Not everybody has to sing the melody. Votes: 0

I always begin to compose the melody first. Votes: 0

No harmony. No melody. No rhythm. No bullshit. Votes: 0

Every soul is a melody which needs renewing. Votes: 0

Funny how a melody sounds like a memory. Votes: 0

Music is about textures as well as melody. Votes: 0

The secret of a great melody is a secret. Votes: 0

The song is ended, but the melody lingers on... Votes: 0

Why can't jazz musicians just leave a melody alone? Votes: 0

Jacian Obregon. It sounds like a melody. Or a tragedy. Votes: 0

I've forgotten many things, but I'll never forget a melody. Votes: 0

Play the flute of felicity! You, yourself, are the melody. Votes: 0

Friends will not only live in harmony, but in melody. Votes: 0

From the glow of enthusiasm I let the melody escape. Votes: 0

The melody is generally what the piece is all about. Votes: 0

you are a beautiful mess, you are the melody… Votes: 0

Our bodies like rhythm and our brains like melody and harmony. Votes: 0

It's the melody within the heart that helps us to endure. Votes: 0

The Madiba song may have ended, but its melody lingers on. Votes: 0

A good idea for lyrics and a melody to expand on. Votes: 0

poetry is when a natural melancholy what keep singing a melody Votes: 0

Love is the key-note of the universe-- The theme, the melody. Votes: 0

Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up. Votes: 0

One nightingale in an interfluous wood Satiate the hungry dark with melody. Votes: 0

The way I see it, there's only one melody for any song. Votes: 0

I won't deny a song or a melody. I can't deny it. Votes: 0

The heart of the melody can never be put down on paper. Votes: 0

Music has a poetry of its own, and that poetry is called melody. Votes: 0

It's always music first, or melody and words together, but never words first. Votes: 0

We mothers rock into the heart of the world the melody of peace. Votes: 0

When the melody plays, footsteps move, heart sings and spirit begin to dance. Votes: 0

Music is the soundtrack to life. It plays the melody of our being. Votes: 0

I tend to hear rhythm and melody, chord-progressions, long before I hear words. Votes: 0

All my music is very simple in that melody is usually clearly stated. Votes: 0

A pretty girl is like a melody. That haunts you night and day. Votes: 0

A lot of rap songs don't usually have a lot of melody per se. Votes: 0

Every heart has its own melody," he said. "You know mine. - James Carstairs Votes: 0

The writing of a melody is an emotional moment; success doesn't make it easy. Votes: 0

Iris, if you were a melody...piano melody. I used only the good notes. Votes: 0

Music describes feelings: A melody is a word. A single notee is a letter. Votes: 0

Demonstration, similitude & harmony are objects of reasoning. Invention, identity & melody are objects of intuition. Votes: 0

You always will be singing a song or humming a line or a melody. Votes: 0

The words the happy say Are paltry melody But those the silent feel Are beautiful-. Votes: 0

I want to be a tuneswept fiddle string that feels the master melody, and snaps... Votes: 0

Doo-wop is special music to me because it's so straightforward and melody-driven and captures emotions. Votes: 0

Love is the sweetest melody of the soul and anything can be catalyst for that. Votes: 0

It's really important to me that my sound is a combination of beats and melody. Votes: 0

I find sadness and strife to be so much more interesting with an upbeat melody. Votes: 0

The ageless melody, unheard, heals; the healing vision, unseen, leads; the true leaders, immortal, know.... Votes: 0

If life is a song, you must be the superb lyrics to a sweet melody. Votes: 0

A letter depends on how you read it, a melody on how you sing it. Votes: 0

Silence is a profound melody, for those who can hear it above all the noise. Votes: 0

Love is a haunting melody that I have never mastered, and I fear I never will. Votes: 0

Prose poetry is not set to a melody or music so there's something freeing about it. Votes: 0

One of the dumber things my manager said was, Stick to the melody. But I can't. Votes: 0

Dawn (Go Away)' is a sad lyric, but the melody is so happy and fun. Votes: 0

There's usually a rhythm and a melody in my head, and that creates an emotional state. Votes: 0

She heard melody and harmony and counterpoint; he heard something calling him from far, far away. Votes: 0

There's usually a rhythm and a melody in my head, and that creates an emotional state Votes: 0

God gives you the gift of melody or He doesn't - it's as simple as that. Votes: 0

He kissed her, and their souls melted into each other in a melody older than time. Votes: 0

And at that moment, a lilting melody lifts to the moon as a single sparrow sings. Votes: 0

Folk music is the original melody of man; it is the musical mirror of the world. Votes: 0

For me, the music dictates the melody. Give me a riff to sing over, you know? Votes: 0

For me, the music dictates the melody. Give me a riff to sing over, you know?" Votes: 0

I shall take my voice wherever there are those who want to hear the melody of freedom Votes: 0

Harmony is the inner cadence of contentment we feel when the melody of life is in tune. Votes: 0

music is not technique and melody, but the meaning of life itself, infinitely sorrowful and unbearably beautiful. Votes: 0

The melody rolled over her, as cool and sweet as water, as hopeful and lovely as sunrise. Votes: 0

There come to one's soul heavenly thoughts as he joins in heavenly expressions coupled with heavenly melody. Votes: 0

You can have a great lyric and a so-so melody; it's going to be a tough sell. Votes: 0

I admire people who dare to take the language, English, and understand it and understand the melody. Votes: 0

The creative process is mysterious; a conversation, a ride in the car, or a melody can trigger something. Votes: 0

A well trained body is a beautiful instrument on which to play the melody of the present moment. Votes: 0

The nobleness of silence. The highest melody dwells only in silence,--the sphere melody, the melody of health. Votes: 0

I would listen to something on the radio and try to tap out the melody, then the harmonies. Votes: 0

There's always a melody running around in my mind and my brain; and I'm really thankful for it. Votes: 0

Once you feel like you can safely quit a melody, you are free to explore more important things. Votes: 0

When you hear the voice of Rosa Ponselle, you hear a fountain of melody blessed by the Lord. Votes: 0

I would literally never think about melody. I never thought people listened to melody because I listen to words. Votes: 0

We knew that we wanted to play heavy music but I hadn't gotten into melody and things like that. Votes: 0

There's nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody. Votes: 0

I probably belong to a type of composer of songs who keeps thinking about melody... I am old fashioned. Votes: 0

Emotions of any kind can be evoked by melody and rhythm; therefore music has the power to form character. Votes: 0

I am that which lies beyond time. Like a melody, which sounds completely only after the last note is played. Votes: 0

Friends are made for caring and sharing. Friends do not live in harmony merely, as some say, but in melody. Votes: 0

When you hear the haunting melody of guilt and shame, drown it out with God's song of forgiveness and love. Votes: 0

O name of Mary! Joy in the heart, honey in the mouth, melody to the ear of Her devout clients! Votes: 0

That deep silence has a melody of its own, a sweetness unknown amid the harsh discords of the world's sounds. Votes: 0

You put down one color and it calls for an answer. You have to look at it like a melody. Votes: 0

Streetlife serenader never sang on stages, needs no orchestration, melody comes easy, need no vast arrangement to do their harmonizing. Votes: 0

Until I can visualise what the lyrics are about and see the story or whatever, I can't hear the melody. Votes: 0

I think of my life as a kind of music, not always good music but still having form and melody. Votes: 0

Country music isn't a guitar, it isn't a banjo, it isn't a melody, it isn't a lyric. It's a feeling. Votes: 0

When we pour out our miseries, He hears a melody of us needing and desiring what only He can give. Votes: 0

The only form of music is melody, without melody music is not feasible, and music and melody are quite inseparable. Votes: 0

There were people who incorporated melody before me, but I would deem myself the first person to successfully rap and sing. Votes: 0

I still have a very nonintellectual, nonjudgmental relationship with melody and the music as I hear it all in my head. Votes: 0

Sometimes when people can't speak English, they hum the melody instead of singing along. Having 20,000 people humming your song is incredible. Votes: 0

We must see that peace represents a sweeter music, a cosmic melody, that is far superior to the discords of war. Votes: 0

But I think a song that is really emotionally packed, with a great melody that just will soar, that's the keeper. Votes: 0

Sometimes I start just on the piano with a melody or musical idea that kind of leads me to certain lyrics. Votes: 0

Let your life yield a sweet, winsome melody that this old world needs so desperately. Yes you can if you will. Votes: 0

Writing a simple melody can take weeks to get it right where I want it, but I do quite enjoy it. Votes: 0

I feel pretty comfortable in a lot of different musical styles. I like rhythm, and I like melody and so forth. Votes: 0

All them weird chords which don't mean a thing...you got no melody to remember, and no beat to dance to Votes: 0

Failure becomes success when it finds positive minds; Tragedy becomes melody when it lands in positive hands. With positivity, possibility is assured! Votes: 0

In fact, I love singing. I just have a small problem with pitch, tune, melody, and lyrics. But that's never stopped me. Votes: 0

I'm afraid of a cappella. I don't read music, and I have a hard time harmonizing. Basically, I'm a melody singer only. Votes: 0

In a novel, the biggest symbiosis exists between plot and character. In a song, it would be the lyrics and the melody. Votes: 0

Always, a form of self-equilibration, a soul or psyche, is trying to assert itself, to continue the melody of its self-realized life. Votes: 0

The thing is, in English I'm able to write the lyrics as I'm making the song, once I'm done with the melody. Votes: 0

When you're just singing a beautiful melody with a story that's true to the heart, you don't need a lot of embellishment. Votes: 0

To grow a melody?" "You can't grow a melody on purpose, she said, and slyly added, you have to plant an accidental. Votes: 0

I like writing melody without an instrument. It's just so - it's more like the choreography of a bee; you just go. Votes: 0

The night comes stealing o'er me, And clouds are on the sea; While the wavelets rustle before me With a mystical melody. Votes: 0

Here is how I work: when I think that a film needs to have a principal theme, I search for a melody. Votes: 0

I'd love to have the time to learn to sing opera properly rather than bellowing half-formed fragments of melody in exuberant moments. Votes: 0

Sensuality came into existence the moment when the first beat of melody knocked on the door of the world of belly dance. Votes: 0

It's a combination of melody and lyrics, not one without the other. It's a confluence of these different elements that makes something powerful. Votes: 0

Even if I have a quite strong melody, there are so many possibilities and so many directions that you can take the music. Votes: 0

You always know when a real inspiration is behind the melody, arrangements, even lyrics. And I know that's really vague, but it's true. Votes: 0

The language of tones belongs equally to all mankind, and melody is the absolute language in which the musician speaks to every heart. Votes: 0

Be On Your Way is one of the favorite songs I've ever written. What a terribly sad song, but what a beautiful melody. Votes: 0

The nightingale appear'd the first, And as her melody she sang, The apple into blossom burst, To life the grass and violets sprang. Votes: 0

To me, the explanation of life seems to be its melody, its pattern. And I feel in life such an infinite, truly inconceivable fantasy. Votes: 0

To George Gershwin, on refusinghim as a pupil: You would only lose the spontaneous quality of your melody, and end by writing bad Ravel. Votes: 0

I've always been able to just concoct a melody quite easily - it's just kind of instinct, really. You've got to channel your subconscious. Votes: 0

It's funny how the littlest things can make you feel larger than life; the right lyric, the most heartfelt melody, the clearest message. Love. Votes: 0

Music is creation. In reggae the lyric, the music itself, arrangement, that vibe, such melody - everything within the music moves the people, understand? Votes: 0

My sense of divine brings with it a strange sound of music with its glories, a marvellous melody sounding like a multitude of flutes. Votes: 0

When the uniqueness of a place sings to us like a melody, then we will know, at last, what it means to be home Votes: 0

When we are parted, let me lie In some far corner of thy heart Silent, and from the world apart, Like a forgotten melody Votes: 0

I try to focus on the melodies and try to make everything else minimal. The melody and the lyrics are most important to me. Votes: 0

If his voice hasn't been the melody of my life, it's been the bass line, so subtle you don't notice it until it's missing. Votes: 0

There are some ideas that I know I have to try out before I find the right sound, before I find the right melody. Votes: 0

If I was on an island, just for melody, I would take albums by the Stones, AC/DC and the Beach Boys' Smiley Smile. Votes: 0

If I get an idea for a song, I have a melody for it. I'm a musician first. I'm not limited by the fretboard Votes: 0

I learned so much about music by playing this little, miniature songwriting machine [ukulele], especially about melody. The motto is less strings more melody. Votes: 0

I have an urban background, but I need melody, I need a song, so I try to mix and match and keep it fluid. Votes: 0

It's always a pleasure when you can compose guitar parts from a strong vocal and not just put the melody on top of guitar riffs. Votes: 0

As long as I can say what it is that I need to say, then I'll fit whatever I'm trying to say around a melody. Votes: 0

Wherever you find a sentence musically worded, of true rhythm and melody in the words, there is something deep and good in the meaning also. Votes: 0

I'm always searching for a signature sound and melody that resonates with the film and audience and becomes integral to the film, game, or show. Votes: 0

Everybody needs inspiration Everbody needs a song. A beautiful melody, When the night's so long. Cause there is no guarantee, That this life is easy. Votes: 0

I really like the melody "Red Wine Is Good For My Heart" and people respond to it. I decided to put it on the album. Votes: 0

When I pick up the guitar, it's a melody, and that's what drives the lyrics. It's bits and pieces of truth, but it is storytelling. Votes: 0

My beats and my production aren't dark or emo by any means; it's basically the lyrics I think, and the melody sometimes can be too. Votes: 0

If conversation was the lyrics, laughter was the music, making time spent together a melody that could be replayed over and over without getting stale. Votes: 0

At school, I enjoyed playing the bassoon. I was in the orchestra and played the melody when the other boys sang hymns at prayers time. Votes: 0

I want to throw my voice more, I want to manipulate melody more... I want to be less deliberate and mechanical... I want less melody. Votes: 0

A good song is like a mannequin - its form makes sense, but there's no life. There should be memorable melody, thoughtful lyric, appropriate arrangement. Votes: 0

Yoga is like music: the rhythm of the body, the melody of the mind, and the harmony of the soul create the symphony of life. Votes: 0

Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission. Votes: 0

What else is the power of melody but the power of feeling? Music is the language of feeling; melody is audible feeling - feeling communicating itself. Votes: 0

Love moves in sync with the cadence of forgiveness, sings in tune with the melody of acceptance, and dances in rhythm with the music of companionship. Votes: 0

Essentially my contribution was to introduce repetition into Western music as the main ingredient without any melody over it, without anything just repeated patterns, musical patterns. Votes: 0

Music critics think of lyrics first and don't consider melody but so many songs are lyrically depressing but musically great, and that's why they become classics. Votes: 0

Music creates order out of chaos: for rhythm imposes unanimity upon the divergent, melody imposes continuity upon the disjointed, and harmony imposes compatibility upon the incongruous. Votes: 0

When the melody touches your heart emotionally and the words hit your brain intellectually, more than likely you'll find you'll have an excellent song to sing. Votes: 0

I'm not one for walking the beaches humming a melody. I love the discipline of sitting in the studio, writing and listening. That is my domain. Votes: 0

I prefer music where melody, harmony and rhythm come together and no one element overshadows the other. Jazz at its best is a democracy of creativity. Votes: 0

O passing angel, speed me with a song, a melody of heaven to reach my heart and rouse me to the race and make me strong. Votes: 0

The sweetest melody that playson starry nights and wintry days,most soothing to my listening earsand calming to beleaguering fears,I call a symphony on ai Votes: 0

Would that I could be the peacemaker in your soul, that I might turn the discord and the rivalry of your elements into oneness and melody. Votes: 0

Science without discrimination Human existence without discipline Friendship without gratitude Music without melody A society without morality and justice Cannot be of benefit to the people. Votes: 0

What makes a great song - you don't put it into words. You feel it. The perfect lyric. The perfect melody. It makes you feel something. Votes: 0

What makes a great song - you dont put it into words. You feel it. The perfect lyric. The perfect melody. It makes you feel something. Votes: 0

Every men create some sound. Be a melody in this universe not a noise! If you become a melody, the whole universe will listen to you! Votes: 0

The point about melody and beat and lyric is that they exist to engage you in a very particular way. They want to occupy your attention. Votes: 0

The melody faded like a rainbow after a storm, or like winds calming down at last; and what was left was calm, and possibility, and relief. Votes: 0

I guess I'd like people to be able to forget a lot of things and just enjoy the beauty of harmony and melody for a moment. Votes: 0

I think the melody is the first time I hear in a song and if I like the melody, then I'll pay closer attention to the lyrics. Votes: 0

I found it more pleasurable to write something, sing a melody over it. At a very young age, I kind of honed my writing skills, I guess. Votes: 0

I love hearing strong, confident beats in music because I love to dance. At the same time, melody is really important to me because I love singing. Votes: 0

I'll have the music, and then I'll just turn the microphone on, press Play and Record and sing. And whatever comes out ends up being the melody. Votes: 0

So, essentially my contribution was to introduce repetition into Western music as the main ingredient without any melody over it, without anything just repeated patterns, musical patterns. Votes: 0

I'm more interested in melodic things. I think the biggest challenge when you go to play a solo is trying to invent a melody on the spot. Votes: 0

I like the type of music that can make my heart beat and the melody that makes me high but this type of music isn't popular in Korea. Votes: 0

When the songs of your heart start singing, you should listen...for its harmony will bring you happiness and the melody is the voice of your true spirit. Votes: 0

The reader's impression is one of a dream - the only thing that's left upon waking is the memory of a melody at the end of a concert. Votes: 0

The genius of a folk melody or story is not the feeling that it's original but quite the opposite - the feeling that it has existed all along. Votes: 0

And with the melody came the unmistakable sound of water slapping against the rocks far below us, slowly eroding the foundation of Port Coire and everything I loved. Votes: 0

You hear the beginning of a melody, you should kind of know it's going to lead down this path. It should start feeling like a friend, like familiar. Votes: 0

Plato defines melody to consist of harmony, number and words: harmony naked of itself, words the ornament of harmony, number the common friend and uniter of them both. Votes: 0

When a dancer performs, melody transforms into a carriage, expressions turn into fuel and spirit experiences a journey to a magical world where every aspiration becomes a conquest. Votes: 0

I used to - my earliest memory of waking up with a melody in my head was, you know, 8, 9, 10. I've always heard kind of melodies in my head. Votes: 0

The end of a melody is not its goal: but nonetheless, had the melody not reached its end it would not have reached its goal either. A parable. Votes: 0

Rock music is quite big in India - but it mostly just replaces all the intricacies of Indian rhythms and Indian melody with lumpen rock drumming and power chords. Votes: 0

For me it's always contingent on getting a sound-the sound always suggests what kind of melody it should be. So it's always sound first and then the line afterwards. Votes: 0

A jazz tune, melody, or composition is usually based on either a traditional twelve-bar, eight-bar, or four-bar blues chorus or on the thirty-two-bar chorus of the American popular song. Votes: 0

If you can do something that doesn't rely on a major melody but still sounds immediate rather than being obtuse and devoid of anything to catch onto, that's great. Votes: 0

I am not a rock producer. I don't see that. I once turned down Guns N' Roses. I don't like shouting. I'm a melody guy. I love great melody. Votes: 0

I generally have lyrics first, but you can't help that when you're writing lyrics you start to get a melody in your head. So they come kind of simultaneously. Votes: 0

The musicians recommend that I sing a sing the way it is written the first time and then start to look for other notes that aren't in the melody. Votes: 0

The only thing I envy about a cat is its purr," remarked Dr. Blythe once, listening to Doc's resonant melody. "It is the most contented sound in the world. Votes: 0

Sing us a song you're the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Cause we're all in the mood for a melody, And you've got us feeling all right. Votes: 0

The marsh, to him who enters it in a receptive mood, holds, besides mosquitoes and stagnation, melody, the mystery of unknown waters, and the sweetness of Nature undisturbed by man. Votes: 0

Aretha with no goals, eternally single & one step soft of heaven/ let it be understood that she owns this melody along with her emotional diplomats & her earth & her musical secrets Votes: 0

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow,' if you go through the lyrics, is such a haunting melody, and the words are, for a pop song, pretty deep and dark. Votes: 0

Lyrics are kind of the whole thing; it's the message. Something might have a beautiful melody but if it's not the truth coming out of your mouth, it's not appealing. Votes: 0

'Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow,' if you go through the lyrics, is such a haunting melody, and the words are, for a pop song, pretty deep and dark. Votes: 0

And they were quiet but their blood and nerves and butterflies were not—they were rampantly alive, rushing and thrumming in a wild and perfect melody, matched note for note. Votes: 0

Lyrics are kind of the whole thing; it's the message. Something might have a beautiful melody but if it's not the truth coming out of your mouth, it's not appealing Votes: 0

We poison the wine as He decants it into us; murder a melody He would play with us as the instrument...Hence all sin, whatever else it is, is sacrilege. Votes: 0

Sometimes I dream song ideas. I write a song in my dream, the melody and everything. But then sometimes I can't remember them. I think later on, I probably do. Votes: 0

I like to get a vibe first, then a melody and really beat up the melody for a while, then try and find a lyric that really suits him/her. Votes: 0

Every generation gets a chance to change the world Pity the nation that won't listen to your boys and girls Cos the sweetest melody is the one we haven't heard Votes: 0

The saxophone is actually a translation of the human voice, in my conception. All you can do is play melody. No matter how complicated it gets, it's still a melody. Votes: 0

That innate love of melody, which she had inherited from her ballad-singing mother, gave the simplest music a power which could well-nigh drag her heart out of her bosom at times. Votes: 0

There is no music in a "rest" that I know of, but there's the making of music in it. And people are always missing that part of the life melody. Votes: 0

You should do what we do, stack chips like *Hebrews* Don't let the melody intrigue you (uh-uh) Cause I leave you, I'm only here For that green paper which lead you Votes: 0

It is the melody which is the charm of music, and it is that which is most difficult to produce. The invention of a fine melody is a work of genius. Votes: 0

I hate rap music, which to me sounds like a bunch of angry men shouting, possibly because the person who was supposed to provide them with a melody never showed up. Votes: 0

For me Brazilian music is the perfect mix of melody and rhythm. It just bubbles rhythmically. If I had to pick just one music style to play if would be Brazilian. Votes: 0

I do a so-called trip into myself: I sit down at the piano and the melody might start to evolve from my playing or then I might start to sing it. Votes: 0

I've actually had a melody on my guitar since the day I learned how to play it, back when I was 7. And for some reason I can't add lyrics to it. Votes: 0

[On Elizabeth Barrett Browning:] ... for finish, and melody of versification, there is nothing approaching to Miss Barrett in this day, or in any other - also for diction. Her words paint. Votes: 0

[The lyrics and melody] usually come a little simultaneously, but I would say the lyrics are first; usually I have the idea for a story in my head, or few lines. Votes: 0

Ever since I was a child I've always been very attracted to melodies. Whether I hear Jeff Beck, a choir, an ocean or the wind, there's always a melody in there. Votes: 0

I'm completely open about the fact that I don't love every genre of metal. I like what I like. It's got to have some vocal quality and some semblance of melody. Votes: 0

In my songs, I'm not saying something that's never been said before. The have lyrics aren't going to blow people away. It's the emotion and the melody that drive it home. Votes: 0

My purpose is to create music not for snobs, but for all people, music which is beautiful and healing. To attempt what old Chinese painters called 'spirit resonance' in melody and sound. Votes: 0

After all my years of doing instrumental music I still like just a simple instrumental song with a nice catchy melody and an opportunity to play a solo over a harmonic structure. Votes: 0

If the melody is telling me this is what the song is about, then I'm sort of forced into confession, autobiography or fantasy. If I don't do that, I've hamstrung the melody. Votes: 0

Not every song I write is ecstasy. And it can happen only one time. After that, when you sing the same melody and words, it's pleasure, but you don't get wiped out. Votes: 0

While silently brooding, I am drawn to the start of a sweet melody that travels to my ear from afar. I smile, reminded that my heart can dance when my feet can't. Votes: 0

If life is a song, and God is the divine conductor, I must consider these trials and troubles as the harmony of my song, for every song needs more than a melody! Votes: 0

After playing now for 60 years, it's still very challenging for me to play a simple melody and have it clean and touch the reed at the proper time in the proper way. Votes: 0

Well, I think writing is basically about time and rhythm. Like with jazz. You have your basic melody and then you just riff off of it. And the riffs are about timing. Votes: 0

Whichever kind of music I was making it was all about the melody anyway. The kind of music I'm making now is the way it is because I'm being 100% honest with myself. Votes: 0

Something that distinguishes my solo work from normal rap production is that it has a lot of melody - it's not just cutting up a song and having someone rap over it. Votes: 0

Song like a rose should be; Each rhyme a petal sweet; For fragrance, melody, That when her lips repeat The words, her heart may know What secret makes them so. Love, only Love. Votes: 0

When comedy is good, it's jazz. The beats of it, the looseness, the improvisational part, the music-the way you hit the inflection, the high notes of a joke. It's all melody to me. Votes: 0

Through song you learn, and I think school systems need to learn that. Through the rhythm you can learn better, through melody, with something you need to learn; it's a vehicle for it. Votes: 0

Sometimes I get a lyric, and the lyric, you know, comes off the page, and goes into my brain and comes out with a melody. Other times, I may create a melody first. Votes: 0

My music is based on melody and when I play the piano, it's as if I'm singing with them. When you try to transform that into a vocal, there was very little adjustment. Votes: 0

What I love about lyrics is that they don't have to be very complicated. A good sentence over a great chord with a good melody - all you need is that one moment. Votes: 0

Vivid images are like a beautiful melody that speaks to you on an emotional level. It bypasses your logic centers and even your intellect and goes to a different part of the brain. Votes: 0

I'm much better at fixing or changing a melody to suit me than I would a lyric. But for me, everything is lyric. It has to be true for me to say it. Votes: 0

A great song for me is when I hear it and it's contagious. The lyrics and the melody, if grows on you once and you want to hear it over and over again. Votes: 0

So that's the challenge for me and that has always been the challenge - finding that melody, that riff, that thing that just lights me up and makes me feel like it's Christmas. Votes: 0

I'm really good at melodic and sonic things, but I don't really think I have anything to say. But I really enjoy the puzzle-making of taking words and adding a melody to them. Votes: 0

Our griefs cannot mar the melody of our praise, we reckon them to be the bass part of our life's song, 'He hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad.' Votes: 0

I think dissonance in music makes you think. It isn't, 'Oh, that's a pretty melody I can whistle.' You have to sit down and listen to tell it apart from other things. Votes: 0

But when you get to a song, not only do you have to do a vocal melody, you have to write words and not be redundant and make some semblance of a story. Votes: 0

Sometimes songwriters and singers forget that. They get a melody in their head and the notes will take precedence, so that they wind up forcing a word onto a melody. It doesn't ring true. Votes: 0

Sometimes I feel like a melody doesn't have anything to do with me, but it's just something that comes, is accumulated from me playing on the piano, and then this little creature just appears. Votes: 0

There is scarcely any writer who has not celebrated the happiness of rural privacy, and delighted himself and his reader with the melody of birds, the whisper of groves, and the murmur of rivulets. Votes: 0

The composition of a single melody is born out of a bit of text, perhaps the first line, but it can also be the entire strophe; it can even be the poem's overall form. Votes: 0

It's like picking up an unfamiliar piece of sheet music & starting to stumble through it, only to realize it is a melody you'd once learned by heart, one you can play without even trying. Votes: 0

Hunter can write a melody and stuff like that, but his forte is lyrics. He can write a serviceable melody to hang his lyrics on, and sometimes he comes up with something really nice. Votes: 0

Sometimes my boyfriend would write the lyrics and I would write the melody, and other times I would start from scratch. Or sometimes I would take a local poem and put that to music. Votes: 0

I think that music, beats, melody, sound are a natural part of our DNA, our vibe. It's just a part of the cycle of our lives, we're born, we have eyes, we have music. Votes: 0

I've never used the word jamming. It's a matter of finding a great song and learning the chords, then slightly altering the vocal melody, and matching a classic chord progression with another chord progression. Votes: 0

Christmas Eve was a night of song that wrapped itself about you like a shawl. But it warmed more than your body. It warmed your heart...filled it, too, with melody that would last forever. Votes: 0

I can no longer stay quiet in this world, I have a voice and I feel it reverberate off my internal walls, making its slow climb upward until its melody can be heard all around. Votes: 0

When children listen to music, they don't just listen. They melt into the melody and flow with the rhythm. Something inside starts to unfold its wings - soon the child and the music are one. Votes: 0

When I write, it is always the melody that comes first, and it just happens to be the case that the most beautiful tunes are sad, and the lyrics follow the mood of the melody. Votes: 0

I get a feeling, on a guitar, and I sort of mess around until something resonates with me, and then I just find that what happens is that a melody comes, and with that, words. Votes: 0

Solos I kind of [couldn't] care less about. I know most people probably think that's what I care *most* about, but it's really the melody playing that is the cornerstone of what I'm working on. Votes: 0

My symphonies would have reached Opus 100 if I had but written them down... Sometimes I am so full of music, and so overflowing with melody, that I find it simply impossible to write down anything. Votes: 0

I came up with the "We are explorers," with sort of a counter-melody to [Opetaia Foa'i] melody. And so, it happened so organically, that it really, to me, is the most emblematic of our collaboration. Votes: 0